As people objected to Nand Kumar Bhagel's meeting, an irritated Bhagel asked the locals to complain to the police if they had any problems with him indulging in such activities.
After raiding the mosque, the police immediately sent them to a quarantine facility. They added that the preliminary investigations have begun regarding how they were given refuge inside a mosque.
The incident took place at around 9.30 am at an ITBP camp in the insurgency-hit Narayanpur district, around 350 km from state capital Raipur, said Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) Sundarraj P.